Chapter 11

If others dared to disregard the rules and scheme against him, he would flip the table and smash all those worthless rules to pieces.

Then he would set new rules according to his own ideas.

Rules themselves existed to bind the weak. Only when the strong were willing to yield could they barely hold up.

Once the strong stopped indulging them, rules became nothing.

Uchiha Senichi: "..."

Uchiha Hao: "..."

The two of them stared wide-eyed at Xuan and asked in unison, "Are you kidding? You call breaking through to Kage Level a small goal?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Xuan curled his lip, his face full of disdain. "Dad, forget about you. You were already at the peak of Elite Jōnin, right? After a year of practicing the Spirit Refining Method, together with the youth-version body-tempering medicinal baths, you should have reached Near-Kage Level long ago, shouldn't you?"

"Besides, the ocular power of your Sharingan is more than fifty percent stronger than that of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. You only need an opportunity to enter the Mangekyo Sharingan stage. What's so hard about reaching Kage Level within three years?"

"I was already being polite by not saying one year."

"Heh!"

After hearing that, Uchiha Senichi gave a snorting laugh. "You brat, your eyes are too sharp. Nothing can be hidden from you. That's right, I'm confident I can break through to Kage Level within a year."

Before, he had been stuck mainly because his chakra reserves could not keep up.

Or rather, he had been held back by the Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan knew clearly that the Sharingan was the very thing that had once allowed him to rise, and now it was the thing choking him by the throat.

The Three-Tomoe state was like an invisible threshold, blocking him from a higher realm. Whether it was the qualitative transformation of his chakra or a further step in nature transformation, everything was locked down tightly by those eyes.

Throughout the history of the Uchiha Clan, there were too many examples like this to count. The limits of bloodlines were simply that cruel.

But the Spirit Refining Method had given him new hope. Both his spiritual power and physical condition were steadily improving. As long as he kept at it, breaking these shackles was only a matter of time. Moreover, the stronger his spiritual power became, the more the Three-Tomoe Sharingan's strength rose with it. Even without awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, he still had the confidence to challenge Kage Level.

Uchiha Yan turned to his elder brother. "Big Brother, you're currently in the golden period of rapid growth. The Body-Tempering Elixir and Spirit Refining Method have both been prepared for you. If you can't even touch the threshold of Kage Level in three years, I'll really have to wonder whether you're dumb beyond saving."

Meixin had only practiced the Spirit Refining Method for one year, yet she had already awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Uchiha Hao, who was about the same age as her, naturally had not fallen behind. With the Basic Body-Tempering Technique added in, his future rate of improvement would only become faster and faster.

Uchiha Senichi and Meixin both turned their eyes toward Uchiha Hao.

Uchiha Hao: "..."

He helplessly raised both hands in a gesture of surrender. "Fine, fine. I'll do my best, all right?"

Yet he could not help sighing inwardly. It seemed he would not even get the chance to slack off from now on.

But then again, getting stronger sooner was not a bad thing. This little brother of his was becoming more and more outrageous. Who knew what kind of enormous trouble he might stir up in the future? As the older brother, he had to bear some responsibility and shield him from the storms.

Seeing that his elder brother finally had some ambition, Xuan's lips curled slightly.

He took a scroll from his robe and handed it over. "Take it. This is the Basic Body-Tempering Technique and Tai Chi that I recently deduced."

"Train with them together, and the improvement of your taijutsu and physical condition will speed up considerably. You'll also absorb the Body-Tempering Elixir more effectively. I'm giving it to you, so don't disappoint me."

After saying that, he looked at his parents again. "Dad, Mom, you need to practice too. Just ask Big Brother for the secret technique scroll later. This is useful, so don't forget."

There was no need to mention his father and brother. Even his mother, with the Spirit Refining Method and Body-Tempering Elixir working together, had already reached the threshold of Jōnin. Her Sharingan, originally only two tomoe, had successfully evolved into three tomoe.

With such excellent foundations, how could they not cultivate them properly? In a few years, she would surely become another Kage-Level fighter.

"A body-tempering secret technique? That sounds great."

Uchiha Senichi and Meixin's eyes lit up, and they nodded repeatedly.

Who would not want to improve their strength faster?

Uchiha Senichi could not help asking another question. "By the way, son, do you have any idea about advancing from Three-Tomoe Sharingan to Mangekyo Sharingan?"

If Sasuke could directly awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, he would not need to painstakingly train at all. With a single move, he could rush straight to Kage Level.

That was practically cheating.

The Sharingan was just that absurd.

Upon hearing this, Meixin and Uchiha Hao also turned to look at Xuan.

Xuan sighed helplessly. "How could it be that easy? I haven't even awakened the Sharingan myself yet."

"Once I awaken it, I might be able to think of a way."

"However, Dad, I don't recommend that you imitate those clan seniors who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan through extreme emotions."

"The Mangekyo Sharingan forcibly produced that way has far too many flaws."

"Not only will it distort your mental state, but you'll have no chance of evolving into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan later."

"Besides, that kind of Mangekyo Sharingan is much weaker than one awakened normally."

The examples of the Sage of Six Paths and Indra had long proven that, once conditions were ripe, a Three-Tomoe Sharingan could directly leap into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Xuan had considered it before. Put simply, the Mangekyo Sharingan was an inferior product forcibly catalyzed when the conditions were insufficient.

Only inferior products needed another pair of Mangekyo Sharingan to replenish their origin and complete the transformation into the Eternal Eye.

Of course, matters like bloodline purity were also involved.

But Xuan did not think those were a problem.

With his comprehension, he would sooner or later develop a method to purify bloodlines.

In fact, he already had quite a few ideas and had collected some key data and information.

Most of it had been gathered when he was still a fetus.

After all, the growth process of the bloodline within his own body at that time had been the best possible sample.

What he lacked now was firsthand data from when he awakened the Sharingan himself.

Once he crossed that hurdle, a method for purifying bloodlines would naturally follow.

"Uh... what's the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"

Uchiha Senichi asked, completely baffled.

"Huh?"

Xuan froze for a moment, somewhat surprised. "You don't know?"

"I've never heard of it."

Uchiha Senichi shook his head.

Uchiha Meixin and Uchiha Hao beside him nodded as well.

As for Mikoto, there was even less need to mention her.

"I thought at least you, Dad, would know."

Xuan sighed, then asked, "You know about Uchiha Madara, right? Then do you know that his Mangekyo Sharingan once went blind, but later regained its sight?"

This time, Uchiha Senichi and Meixin nodded together. "We've heard of that. Some books in the clan recorded it too."

Uchiha Senichi sucked in a breath. "After his eyes recovered, did those Mangekyo Sharingan become Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"

"How exactly did he do it?"

Only then did the two of them fully understand why Uchiha Madara had later become so unusual, and why his strength had become so terrifying.

It turned out the rank of his eyes had been fundamentally different.

Nor did they find it strange that Xuan knew such secrets.

They merely assumed the boy had probably found clues in the clan's medical books and ancient taijutsu texts.

Combined with that excessively clever mind of his, he had deduced the answer himself.

"That's right."

Xuan nodded firmly. "He really did regain his sight by upgrading his Sharingan into the Eternal Eye."

"As for the method?"

"He used the origin of his younger brother Uchiha Izuna's Mangekyo Sharingan to complete the fusion."

"What?"

All four of them froze.

Senichi's expression changed drastically. "How is that possible? He could actually do something like that? I remember your grandfather once telling me that Madara and his younger brother were incredibly close. How could he..."

Xuan knew what he wanted to say and shook his head to interrupt him. "Madara didn't forcibly take them. It seemed that when Izuna was about to die, he willingly gave his eyes to his older brother."